July/August 2011

By Brad Emerson

Castine’s ‘Pink Palace’ brings a splash of Palm Beach whimsy to this quaint New England town.

When Miami-native Bill Carter, a retired chemical engineer from a plastics plant in Houston, and his wife, Sylvia, decided to move from Shoreacres, Texas, to New England–with the goal of spending their retirement “somewhere that did not require air-conditioning,” close to family and grandchildren–they looked at online real estate listings in towns that interested them, including Castine.

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